William Coleman

Research School of Economics

Biography

William Coleman has written extensively upon inflation, the history of economic thought and the contested position of economics in society. He is currently the editor of Agenda: a Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, and has authored, or co-authored, several books, including Giblin’s Platoon: The Trials and Triumph of the Economist in Australian Public Life.

He is is editor of Only in Australia: The History, Politics and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism, which was published by Oxford University Press in June 2016.